Laurie Cox
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Ways of Seeing: As always, change is coming; make a plan
“For now, I will appreciate the inevitable transition from summer to fall.”
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Ways of Seeing: Honor the meaning behind Independence Day
“Who are we as this vast and varying group of people, and what is most central to us as a nation?”
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Ways of Seeing: Causal fallacy: ‘Snow eggs’ and vaccines
Driving on Route 125 between Middlebury and Ripton, I see the snow eggs hanging onto the rocky face as I pass through the gorge.
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Cox bids farewell to Ripton selectboard after four decades
During her selectboard tenure, Laurie Cox has helped Ripton negotiate a gift-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with Middlebury College; update town office technology, rebuild after 11 floods, and plan construction of…
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Ways of Seeing: Step up for your community
Laurie Cox reflects on 40 years of public service on the Ripton selectboard.
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Ways of Seeing: ‘Ticked’ off by climate change
The warming of our world didn’t seem so bad when it meant I could actually get ripe tomatoes before the first frost. Now it’s clear it means much…
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Ways of Seeing: Stand up to power, don’t kneel
It is the big Christmas concert at my junior high school. A young soloist with a piano accompaniment is just finishing the first verse of “O Holy Night,”…
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Ways of Seeing: Vermont spirit is one way forward
As a small child, if I got hurt, one of my parents would tend to my injury. Then they would “kiss it to make it better.” Did a…
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Ways of Seeing: Lone goose’s cry was symbolic
Then came the sound: a single goose high above us, flying through the night. Its call surprised me. Geese are a harbinger of what is coming seasonally, but…
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Ways of Seeing: Universal health care not a myth
This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to visit Greece. It was a family event with eleven people participating, and as a group we stayed on two…
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Ways of Seeing: Never alone on a walk in the woods
I walk along a trail that winds into the woods. Leaves overhead dapple the sun, harlequin patterns of light and shade moving on my path. I breathe in;…
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Ways of Seeing: Money changed Boeing trajectory
You could say that I owe my life to Boeing. Until the advent of Amazon and Microsoft, it was the largest employer in the Seattle area, even in…
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Ways of Seeing: What is the cost of flourishing?
Have you ever been lost? Before there were the map apps, it surely happened more frequently while driving. Hiking can be a different situation.
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Ways of Seeing: Phone call led to expanded family
It was almost thirty years ago when we received a phone call from Indonesia. While we did not know the person calling, she was actually a Vermonter from…
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Ways of Seeing: Dividing the good and bad isn’t easy
Most of us have heard the story of Noah’s ark. It’s often told to young children, perhaps because of the compelling images of all those animals, coming two…
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Ways of Seeing: Climate change affects decisions
This summer we’ve had the chance to see all too much rain, and while we’ve not seen a lot of fires directly, their smoke has blurred our skies,…